WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In 31 B.C.E. at the Battle of Actium, Augustus won a decisive victory over his rival Mark Antony and his Egyptian fleet. Returning to Rome, Augustus was acclaimed a hero. With skill, efficiency, and cleverness, he secured his position as the first Emperor of Rome.

Detailed explanation-2: -As the first Roman emperor (though he never claimed the title for himself), Augustus led Rome’s transformation from republic to empire during the tumultuous years following the assassination of his great-uncle and adoptive father Julius Caesar.

Detailed explanation-3: -As Rome’s first emperor, Octavian (Augustus Caesar) (63 B.C.–A.D. 14) is best known for initiating the Pax Romana, a largely peaceful period of two centuries in which Rome imposed order on a world long convulsed by conflict.

Detailed explanation-4: -Julius Caesar was Augustus’s great-uncle-that is, Augustus’s mother’s mother’s brother. Caesar played a big role in Augustus’s early life. He introduced Augustus to Roman political life and took him on military campaigns and victory tours too.